Nottingham Forest have published their retained list following the end of the 2017/18 campaign – and officially confirmed that Chris Cohen, David Vaughan, Jack Hobbs and Ashkan Dejagah will not be offered new deals.

There was confirmation that under-23 regulars Elvis Otim, Aaron Smith and Lewis Walters will also depart Forest.

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Reds boss Aitor Karanka recently said that he would not shut the door completely on Dejagah returning to Forest in pre-season, in an effort to earn a contract, after the attacking midfielder has headed to the World Cup with Iran. But he has been officially released for now.

Loan signings Jack Colback (Newcastle), Kieran Dowell (Everton), Costel Pantilimon (Watford) and Lee Tomlin (Cardiff) will all return to their parent clubs, but Forest will look to secure permanent deals for Colback, Pantilimon and Tomlin, in the coming weeks and months.